Clean code

[genkio]

ref

Here's the ones draw my attention

Don't use flags as function parameters

Bad

function createFile(name, temp) {
  if (temp) {
    fs.create('./temp/' + name);
  } else {
    fs.create(name);
  }
}

Good

function createFile(name) {
  fs.create(name);
}

function createTempFile(name) {
  createFile('./temp/' + name);
}

Avoid Side Effects

Bad

let name = 'Ryan McDermott';

function splitIntoFirstAndLastName() {
  name = name.split(' ');
}

splitIntoFirstAndLastName();

Good

function splitIntoFirstAndLastName(name) {
  return name.split(' ');
}

const name = 'Ryan McDermott'
const newName = splitIntoFirstAndLastName(name);

Replace Conditionals with Polymorphism for Sticking with the A Function Should Only Do One Thing

Bad

class Airplane {
  // ...
  getCruisingAltitude() {
    switch (this.type) {
      case '777':
        return this.getMaxAltitude() - this.getPassengerCount();
      case 'Air Force One':
        return this.getMaxAltitude();
      case 'Cessna':
        return this.getMaxAltitude() - this.getFuelExpenditure();
    }
  }
}

Good

class Airplane {
  // ...
}

class Boeing777 extends Airplane {
  // ...
  getCruisingAltitude() {
    return this.getMaxAltitude() - this.getPassengerCount();
  }
}

class AirForceOne extends Airplane {
  // ...
  getCruisingAltitude() {
    return this.getMaxAltitude();
  }
}

class Cessna extends Airplane {
  // ...
  getCruisingAltitude() {
    return this.getMaxAltitude() - this.getFuelExpenditure();
  }
}

Open/Closed Principle (OCP)

Bad

class AjaxRequester {
  constructor() {
    // What if we wanted another HTTP Method, like DELETE? We would have to
    // open this file up and modify this and put it in manually.
    this.HTTP_METHODS = ['POST', 'PUT', 'GET'];
  }

  get(url) {
    // ...
  }

}

Good

class AjaxRequester {
  constructor() {
    this.HTTP_METHODS = ['POST', 'PUT', 'GET'];
  }

  get(url) {
    // ...
  }

  addHTTPMethod(method) {
    this.HTTP_METHODS.push(method);
  }
}

Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP)

Bad

class InventoryRequester {
  constructor() {
    this.REQ_METHODS = ['HTTP'];
  }

  requestItem(item) {
    // ...
  }
}

class InventoryTracker {
  constructor(items) {
    this.items = items;

    // BAD: We have created a dependency on a specific request implementation.
    // We should just have requestItems depend on a request method: `request`
    this.requester = new InventoryRequester();
  }

  requestItems() {
    this.items.forEach((item) => {
      this.requester.requestItem(item);
    });
  }
}

const inventoryTracker = new InventoryTracker(['apples', 'bananas']);
inventoryTracker.requestItems();

Good

class InventoryTracker {
  constructor(items, requester) {
    this.items = items;
    this.requester = requester;
  }

  requestItems() {
    this.items.forEach((item) => {
      this.requester.requestItem(item);
    });
  }
}

class InventoryRequesterV1 {
  constructor() {
    this.REQ_METHODS = ['HTTP'];
  }

  requestItem(item) {
    // ...
  }
}

class InventoryRequesterV2 {
  constructor() {
    this.REQ_METHODS = ['WS'];
  }

  requestItem(item) {
    // ...
  }
}

// By constructing our dependencies externally and injecting them, we can easily
// substitute our request module for a fancy new one that uses WebSockets.
const inventoryTracker = new InventoryTracker(['apples', 'bananas'], new InventoryRequesterV2());
inventoryTracker.requestItems();

Prefer composition over inheritance

Bad

class Employee {
  constructor(name, email) {
    this.name = name;
    this.email = email;
  }

  // ...
}

// Bad because Employees "have" tax data. EmployeeTaxData is not a type of Employee
class EmployeeTaxData extends Employee {
  constructor(ssn, salary) {
    super();
    this.ssn = ssn;
    this.salary = salary;
  }

  // ...
}

Good

class EmployeeTaxData {
  constructor(ssn, salary) {
    this.ssn = ssn;
    this.salary = salary;
  }

  // ...
}

class Employee {
  constructor(name, email) {
    this.name = name;
    this.email = email;

  }

  setTaxData(ssn, salary) {
    this.taxData = new EmployeeTaxData(ssn, salary);
  }
  // ...
}

Don't ignore caught errors

Bad

try {
  functionThatMightThrow();
} catch (error) {
  console.log(error);
}

Good

try {
  functionThatMightThrow();
} catch (error) {
  // One option (more noisy than console.log):
  console.error(error);
  // Another option:
  notifyUserOfError(error);
  // Another option:
  reportErrorToService(error);
  // OR do all three!
}

Don't ignore rejected promises

Bad

getdata()
.then(data => {
  functionThatMightThrow(data);
})
.catch(error => {
  console.log(error);
});

Good

getdata()
.then(data => {
  functionThatMightThrow(data);
})
.catch(error => {
  // One option (more noisy than console.log):
  console.error(error);
  // Another option:
  notifyUserOfError(error);
  // Another option:
  reportErrorToService(error);
  // OR do all three!
});